2024 – Junior
• First Team All-SEC, return specialist (coaches, CFN)
• Second Team All-SEC, all-purpose (coaches, AP)
• SEC Kick Returner of the Year (CFN)
• Concluded his UK career at No. 10 on UK’s all-time receiving yards list with 1,528 yards … Tied for No. 14 on UK’s all-time receptions list with 122 with James Whalen
• Made a reception in 36 of 37 games played as a Wildcat
• Had 3,273 career all-purpose yards with 1,528 yards receiving, 195 yards rushing, 1,465 kick return yards and 85 punt return yards
• Holds the UK single-season (36.0) and career (30.33) records for KO return average
• Holds the UK records for most kickoff return touchdowns in a career (5), season (3) and game (1)
• Started in nine of 11 games played in 2024 … Did not see action vs. Murray State with injury
• Second on the team in receptions (29), receiving yards (361) and receiving TDs (3) … Averaged 12.4 yards per catch
• Had 18 kick returns for 449 yards, averaging 24.9 yards per return
• Recorded his fifth-career kickoff return for a touchdown, a 99-yard runback in the second quarter at Florida
• Holds the SEC record and leads the nation among active players with five kickoff return touchdowns in a career
• Got his 100th career catch vs. Georgia, becoming the 20th player in Kentucky history with at least 100 receptions
• Tied for the fourth-fastest player in school history to reach 100 catches (29 games)
• Against Florida, caught two passes, including a 45-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter, for a team-high 56 yards … Became the first player in Kentucky history to have two games featuring a kickoff return TD and a touchdown catch of at least 45 yards
Since 1976, became one of two FBS players with at least 11 career receiving touchdowns and five kickoff return touchdowns prior to his senior season (also Tyron Carrier of Houston, 2008-10)
• Had five catches for 88 yards, including a 63-yarder on 4th-and-7 from the UK 20-yard line to set up Kentucky’s game-winning touchdown at No. 6/5 Ole Miss
• Preseason First Team All-America, RS (Sporting News)
• Preseason Second Team All-America, RS (Athlon, USA Today)
• Preseason Fourth Team All-American, WR (Athlon)
• Preseason Second Team All-America, RS (Phil Steele)
• Preseason First Team All-SEC (Media, Phil Steele, Athlon)
• Jet Award Preseason Watch List
• Hornung Award Preseason Watch List

2023 – Sophomore
• All-Bowl Team (AP)
• First Team All-America (Sporting News)
• Second Team All-America (247)
• Second Team All-America (CBS Sports)
• Third Team All-American (CFN)
• First Team All-SEC (Phil Steele)
• First Team All-SEC (Pro FB Focus)
• Second Team All-SEC (Coaches)
• Second Team All-SEC (AP)
• SEC Special Teams Player of the Week (9/4)
• Has compiled 1,167 career yards receiving, moving up to No. 28 on UK’s all-time receiving yards list
• Has made a reception in every game as a Wildcat (26)
• Started in 12 of 13 games played
• Had a team-high 43 catches for 539 yards and four scores in 2023
• Also had 12 rushes for 147 yards and one rushing TD
• Totaled a team-high 16 kick returns for 576 yards and a nation-high three touchdowns … Also had three punt returns for 51 yards (17.0 ypr)
• Led the nation in kickoff returns by averaging 36 yards per runback … Broke the UK single-season and career records for KO return average
• Returned three kickoffs for touchdowns, breaking the UK single-season and career record (4) for kickoff return TDs … Tied the SEC records in both categories
• Named the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Most Valuable Player and named to the All-Bowl team by The Associated Press after totaling three receptions for 100 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown reception … Adding two carries for 26 yards and a 22-yard touchdown rushing (the first of his career) and a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on the first play of the second half, his third TD return of the season and the fourth of his career
• His kickoff return for a TD, which was credited as 102 yards according to the Bowl’s stat crew, is the longest in TaxSlayer Gator Bowl history, a record previously held by Andre Debose of Florida (99 yards) against Ohio State on Jan. 2, 2012
• His kickoff return for a TD is the second for a Kentucky player in a bowl game … The other was by David Jones against East Carolina (99 yards, also at the beginning of the second half) in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Jan. 2, 2009
• Became the second player in school history to have a rushing, receiving and kickoff return for a touchdown in the same game … Last to do so was Don “Dopey” Phelps vs. Michigan State in 1946 … Also marked the first game of his career with both receiving and rushing TD
• Named SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (11/27) after returning a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter against No. 9 Louisville … Also caught two passes for 48 yards, including a crucial 23-yard catch that set up Ray Davis’ game-winning touchdown run … Had a career-high 250 all-purpose yards on the day, 180 on kickoff returns, 48 receiving and 22 rushing
• Is just the third player in school history with a kickoff return touchdown in consecutive seasons, joining Craig Yeast (1996-1998) and Derrick Locke (2008-2009)
• Had two 100+ yard games this season (100 vs. Clemson and 105 vs. Vanderbilt) … Now has four in his career
• Hornung Award Watch List for the nation’s most versatile player

2022 – Freshman
• College All-True Freshman Team (PFF)
• True Freshman All-American (On3.com)
• Third-Team Freshman All-American (CFN)
• Fourth-Team All-American (Phil Steele)
• Freshman All-SEC Team (Coaches)
• Second-Team All-SEC – KR (Phil Steele)
• Fourth-Team All-SEC -WR (Phil Steele)
• Midseason True Freshman All-American (247 Sports and On3.com)
• SEC co-Freshman of the Week (10/3)
• SEC Special Teams Player of the Week (9/5)
• SEC co-Freshman of the Week (9/26)
• First Wildcat to win a SEC weekly award three times in a single season since Lynn Bowden Jr. in 2019
• Ranked tied for second nationally and led the SEC with one kickoff return for a touchdown
• Ranked fourth nationally and fourth in the SEC in kick return average (27.5)
• Ranked 24th nationally and third in the SEC combined kick return yardage (440)
• Ranked fourth in the SEC in kick returns (16)
• Played in all 13 games with seven starting assignments
• Recorded a team-best 50 catches for a team-high 628 yards, averaging 12.6 yards per catch with four scores (second-highest)
• Concluded the season the freshman record holder for most receiving yards in a season with 628 and most pass receptions in a season with 50
• His four touchdowns receiving are the second-most touchdown receptions by a freshman in program history … Teammate Dane Key holds the record with six
• Caught 10 passes for 145 yards, season highs in both categories, vs. No. 1 Georgia … Also caught UK’s lone touchdown, an 8-yard aerial in the fourth quarter … The 10 catches were the most by a UK freshman since Chad Scott had 10 vs. South Carolina in 2000 … The 145 yards were the second-most by a Wildcat freshman, Garrett Johnson had 154 at Florida in 2014 … The 145 yards also were the second-most for a Wildcat vs. a No. 1-ranked team (Rick Kestner had 185 in the win vs. Ole Miss in 1964)
• Caught seven passes for 62 yards in the win over Mississippi State
• Accounted for a career-best 245 all-purpose yards with only five touches at Ole Miss … Caught two passes for 81 yards, including a 51-yard catch-and-run that put UK in scoring position on the last possession … Also had three kickoff returns for 164 yards, an average of 54.7 yards … His 164 kickoff return yards set a new single-game freshman record … In the first quarter, he set up a touchdown with an 85-yard kickoff return … Earned SEC co-Freshman of the Week honors
• Caught four passes for 102 yards and his first two UK receiving touchdowns in his first career start vs. Northern Illinois … Had a 70-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown in the third quarter that is his longest of the season … Named SEC co-Freshman of the Week (9/26), his second SEC honor this season
• Just the second UK freshman with 100 yards and two receiving touchdowns in the same game, also Garrett Johnson at Florida in 2014
• Named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week (9/5) after scoring his first career touchdown on a 100-yard kickoff return out of halftime in his collegiate debut vs. Miami (Ohio) … Became the first UK player to score on a kickoff return and a 100-yard kickoff return since Derrick Locke vs. Louisville on Sept. 19, 2009 … Marked the 19th time in program history that a UK player has scored on a kickoff return … 15 players have accomplished the feat … Six Wildcats have had 100-yard KO returns, done a total of seven times (Derrick Locke twice) … First UK freshman with a kickoff return touchdown since Kio Sanford in 1994 … Also caught three passes for 45 yards
• Had his first career rush for three yards and one catch in the win at Florida

High School
• A five-star prospect who ranked as high as the No. 2 wide receiver nationally and No. 2 prospect in Tennessee by on3.com
• The all-around athlete played several positions for head coach Tony Brunetti at Pearl-Cohn High School, including quarterback, running back, receiver, defensive back and kick returner during his senior season
• Earned the Tennessee Titans Class 4A Mr. Football Award
• Finished his senior year with 897 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns on 59 carries
• Also caught 22 passes for 303 yards and three scores
• Defensively, had 24 tackles with two for loss
• Helped lead the Firebirds to an 11-2 overall record with a second-place finish in Class 4A Region 5
• Selected to the All-American Bowl’s East roster
• Also excelled on the track and fi eld team as a back-to-back state Tennessee state champion in the 100- and 200-meter dash
• Is Pearl-Cohn’s record holder in both events
• His 10.49 second Ɵ me in the 100-meters in spring of 2021 is the third-fastest TSSAA state meet time since 1985, in any class
• Named Track Player of the Year
• Chose Kentucky over Alabama, TCU and LSU

Personal
• Name is pronounced “BEAR-ee-ON”
• Born in Nashville, Tennessee
• Son of Shomika Brown and Barry Moore
• Has one brother, Erion
• Major is community and leadership development

Barion Says
• His nickname is “B7”
• He chose Kentucky because he just loved everything about it
• One word to describe him on the field is “unbelievable”
• Other than playing football, his dream job is to become a coach
• If he could eat one meal for the rest of his life it would be pizza